ICC outlines first-ever reparation plan for victims

The International Criminal Court (ICC) [official website; JURIST backgrounder] announced Tuesday that it would begin implementation of a plan to provide reparations [press release] to the victims of convicted war criminal Thomas Lubanga Dyilo [case materials]. Funds will be collected for the court by Trust Fund for Victims [advocacy website] based on reparation claims by victims, and the court will then have to approve a payment before a victim can be compensated. Reparations will be paid to both direct and indirect victims of Lubanga's crimes, including child soldiers. In its press release the court noted that this was the first time the ICC had outlined the principles of collecting and distributing funds to victims. Lubanga himself has been declared indigent.

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